Short Films

In the Lost Woods, a lonely outcast unwittingly unleashes a terrible power unto the world after playing a trick on a traveling salesman. Ember Lab’s stunning animated short film is an incredible homage to The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask.

The neverending battle between our mind and our heart plays out literally in Disney’s animated short film. Also the lungs are the heart’s sidekicks for some reason. Inner Workings will be shown in theaters before screenings of Moana.

Blizzard’s latest short film for its hit fps Overwatch introduces the much-hyped support character Sombra (“Shadow”). Sombra uses her hacking skills to manipulate even the highest ranks of authority for personal gain. Boop!

A sandpiper encourages her chick to fetch food on her own. With the help of a new friend, the little one learns that if others can do it, she can do it too. Pixar’s animated short was shown alongside Finding Dory and is also included in Finding Doryhome videos.

Stephen Vitale’s short is a fantastic entry into the realm of Star Wars fan films. It follows the story of a girl’s journey to become a Jedi master, but whose eagerness leads her to make a tragic mistake along the way.

“Could you ask him to stop?” A phony psychic gets more than what she bargained for from a caller who had a legitimate request. RocketJump’s Halloween short milks the tension for way too long, but it does have a good first half.

The members of an exclusive club attempt to pull off a big Halloween heist – as they try to steal the skull of the late, great Vincent Price. The latest short from Joe and Lloyd Stas is as offbeat and endearing as ever, though we think Spooky Club is missing one critical member.

Director Iqbal Ahmed’s fascinating and beautifully filmed short documentary introduces us to Steven Kutcher, a man full self-aware of his quirks, who has found a way to make a living – and art, through his love for insects.

Craryville, New York’s Camp Sundown is a summer camp for children who can’t go out during daytime. The kids suffer from Xeroderma pigmentosum, a rare disorder that renders their bodies unable to repair damage caused by exposure to ultraviolet light.

An old vagabond has made it his life’s mission to hunt down fallen angels. Sinister and Doctor Strange writer C.Robert Cargill and director Nikhil Bagat’s proof of concept dark fantasy short film is begging for more screen time.

A hilariously weird animated short by Leonid Shmelkov, in which a rooster has nothing better to do, so decides to amuse himself by wreaking havoc on the farm. We’re not quite sure what we just watched, but we’re smiling.

The snowboard is based on the snurfer, an American invention from 1965. But Wrkshrt and Patagonia heard of Petran, a remote town in Turkey where snow surfing has been around for nearly 300 years. So they went there to check out the snowboard’s forgotten ancestor.

(PG-13) A group of artists spent about a year making separate short videos to recreate The Vulture’s Prey, an episode from the 1967 Spider-Man TV series. There are all kinds of animation styles, as well as some live action, backed by the original’s cheesy dialogue.

In between projects for Pixar, animators Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou-Lhadj created this short film about a sheriff haunted by memories of a tragic mistake he made many as a young man. This is animated filmmaking at its absolute best. Learn about their inspiration here.

We love the illustration style of Benjy Brooke’s animated short, which follows a future traveler who must set out on a long journey through the desert to locate power for her electric car when its battery dies. The sound design by Kenny Kusiak perfectly complements the images.

Tony Rettenmaier’s SpaceX tribute is too blunt for our taste. But to judge it purely for its merit as a work of fiction would be missing the point, because it’s really a visualization of a fantastic promise that, even more fantastically, appears to be within reach.

The cinematic trailer for Star Wars: The Old Republic‘s latest expansion is about Vaylin, sister of Arcann and Thexan. As a child, she was so strong with the Force that the Emperor sent her away to be trained, a decision that her mother will forever regret not opposing.

Gervais Merryweather describes his animated short as a “love letter to the 1980s,” and we think he nailed it. From the kids in the video arcade, to the giant hairdos, and TV store window displays. What pushes it over the edge is the synthwave soundtrack by Mitch Murder.

Character designer and animator Patrick Schoenmaker spent a good part of his free time over the last five years to bring us his handmade trailer for the Indiana Jones cartoon we wish were actually a series. We’d tune in every Saturday morning to watch this one.

Danny Lacey’s short film follows a seemingly ordinary man who found notoriety after claiming he was abducted by aliens as a boy. In the end, there are more questions than answers, but we still appreciated Lacey’s style and storytelling approach.

“The armor. I just wanted to wear the armor.” Moments before taking part in the Battle of Jakku, three stormtroopers try to shake off their nervousness by telling each other what made them join the Imperial Army. A heartbreaking short by Benjamin Eck.

What men must know, a boy must learn. A young warrior remembers his training as he comes face to face with a mythical beast. RedGate Films’ adaptation of Penny Arcade’s eponymous miniseries doesn’t do its source material justice, but it’s still fun to watch.

(Gore) Colin loves to give teddy bears to his girlfriends. But when he inevitably breaks up with them, the stuffed toys are left to deal with the aftermath. Now they want payback. Comedy, horror, action and drama – this fun short film has it all.

(PG-13) An adolescent boy who just moved to a boarding school is trying to conceal his gynecomastia, which gives him enlarged breasts. But the school bully somehow found out about it. A solid coming-of-age short film by Alex Winckler.